Damn. To me the difference in this game is still the failure to have Nook bunt the runners over early in the game. Simontacchi would have knocked in the second run. Oh, well. Manny will learn as the team continues to improve despite the unnecessary losses.

And that is why Abreu is a career minor leaguer. Because it doesn't matter how fast you throw, major league hitters will hit a fastball that is belt-high over the center of the plate. Randy needs to break out the Ramon Ortiz lecture.